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The animation “COMIC GIRLS” about the life of a female high school student cartoonist has now entered the countdown. MAGAZINE interviewed “COMIC GIRLS” (hereinafter referred to as “CG”) to supervise Deben Shinsin, the producer Ogura Chongjun, and the series to form Takahashi Natsuzawa. The three of them sat together to talk about the creative ideas of “CG”, and listened to the masters’ views on the comic life of the four girls. .
Brand new cute.
As a producer, Ogura Chongjun has animated many comics in the manga magazine Manga Time Kirara, but he often studies the new direction of animation for Kirara’s works. This time, “CG” has not gone through the old routine of kirara comics animation, and Ogura hopes to make a work that “the audience can see the new cute from the character’s posture toward the goal.” I found “CG”. In the eyes of Ogura, each of the characters in “CG” has their own different ideals and independence, and the love and laughter of their efforts, as well as their persistence in hard work, can make people feel moved. Therefore, if Ogura determines that “CG” can be animated, it will produce the new cuteness he is pursuing. .
Deben’s good faith supervision summarizes “CG” with “Youth’s Youth & Growth Story”. Deben has seen many works of “girls working towards the goal”, but “CG”, which is based on the theme of women’s high school, is different from those of the works, because “CG” will have a strict line of death. The liver, even if it tries to draw, it will eventually be integrated with negative and serious elements such as the name will not be listed. .
However, Deben also understands that the “hard work of the comic industry” cannot be over-excited, because “CG” is not an animation that specifically helps the cartoonists to pour water. Balance is the focus of production, so set The production policy of “using jokes and cuteness to give negative factors to flying”. From this point of view, Kaoru is a very close to the role of this policy, then under the negative thinking, there is a strong heart and action to develop things in the positive direction. Deco, who is so hard, Deben feels that anyone should want to cheer for her. .
In the eyes of the series of Takahashi Naizu, the comics are both a dream that they want to realize, and a big event that affects their future life. It can even be said that drawing cartoons is a matter of their lives and deaths. Because they have a strong emotion for the cartoons, we will be touched by their hard-working posture. Therefore, when writing the script, Takahashi understood that he must carefully portray a youthful story with laughter and tears through the creation of comics. .
The animation involves both acting toward a goal and realizing a dream, as well as frustration on the road to chasing dreams. However, the results of these things are not the focus of animation in Kokura. They have been more diligent in their efforts toward the goal. Takahashi also added that even if the dream is broken, it is not all bad. In the animation, the dormitory manager Li Lixiang of the adults group, the editor of the Kaoru editor, and the teacher of Mei Qing, created the comics together in the high school era. They used to go to the road of cartoonists in the past, and finally failed to realize their dreams. Now they are on their own roads, but every day spent in the study is the most precious treasure for them. .
The group of adults gently guards the story of their dreams, which are hard-working for their dreams. It seems to be a very subtle design in Takahashi. .
Ogura also agrees with Takahashi that he wants to cry every time he wants to go to see the eighth episode of the relationship between the three people. “CG” combines cute characters, touching youth stories and paragraphs, and is a work that changes according to the changing perspective of the audience. In Kokura’s view, works like “CG” that can be viewed from multiple angles may be surprisingly rare. .
Let the audience feel the flow of time.
Compared to the original, there is a lot of original scenes in the animation. These are Deben’s intentions. Deben thinks that a four-frame comic can be adapted into TV animation. The interval between the plots fills up so that the viewer can feel the flow of time in the animation, so a lot of original scenes will be added. .
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There are a lot of empty shots in the animation. These shots are the weapons used by Deben to fill the gap.
The animation begins with the spring Kaoru and the little dreams entering the cartoonist’s quarters, and they spend a year together. As time went by, the relationship between them continued to deepen, and they also marched toward the dream together. Only by clearly expressing the flow of time can we convey the daily life of Kaoru to the audience. .
Deben conveyed his thoughts to Takahashi. After seeing the first script written by Takahashi, Deben thought that “it’s a scriptwriter, it’s amazing!” Takahashi added, though I want to write a lot of interesting jokes in the original script, but I also understand that the most important thing is to let the audience feel the flow of time spent by Kaoru, so they can only bear the pain and cut the original according to a piece. The timeline reconstitutes the creative script. .
Kokura, who has been working with Takahashi since the beginning of “Yu You”, is also full of praise for Takahashi’s ability to describe the flow of time. Takahashi is also somewhat proud of himself. When he was writing a script, he wanted to clarify the physique of the flow of time. At the same time, after watching the episode of the first words of Kaoru from Fukushima to the Tokyo dormitory, Takahashi also praised Deben’s supervision of time flow, which makes people feel like they are living with their own side. It is a very realistic description of life. .
In addition to the clever flow of time, the characters in the animation are also very delicate. This is because in Deben’s view, the girl’s cuteness is not just to make the face cute, but to perform through acting. Moreover, even if the character’s character and the inner thoughts of the character in the scene are expressed, if it is not delicate enough, it will not be able to convey the girl’s deeper charm to the audience. .
Takahashi follows the words of Deben, and praises the delicate acting of Yuji makeup in the fourth sentence. It conveys the confusion and uneasiness of Yu Ji’s heart to the audience through a higher level of language. Deben also praised the role of Yu Ji’s make-up lens, which is the masterpiece of the film’s masterpiece painting, Qi Tengjiazi’s paintings. The card, which was about a minute long, did not cut corners, and wanted to impress the audience with the most direct approach. Despite the heavy burden of painting, Deben is still in the number of OPs running together. As a producer, Ogura also said that not only the number of OPs and the number of positive films are the same, it can be said that “CG” does not lose the animation with the action as the selling point. .
In addition to the cute acting skills of girls, “CG” is also very thoughtful in the small details of daily life. For example, in the scene where Kaoru talks, Yu Ji and Wing will also answer while drawing comics. Deben explained that under normal circumstances, a serial cartoonist will be wasted on liver paintings. But Kaoru’s life is full, not only going to school, but also going to the amusement park and the beach. Such a plot will cause the audience to have the doubts of “When do they draw comics?”, so they can only make them draw comics when they can appear in comics, to create school life and comic work. Mistaken busy life. .
“CG” has a lot of composition and beautiful scenery together, because Deben not only wants the audience to see the character, but also wants the audience to see the scenery containing the character, which is also to express “time” Flowing, so let the audience feel the changes in the season through the background. .
For this reason, the production team also went to various places to pick up the exterior scene, and also thought of many new ideas in the process of collecting the wind. For example, when the western part of the female dormitory prototype is in the wind, the production team will climb out and think of it. “The person who smokes the digital screen will not send it by courier, and will definitely hold the digital screen while holding it. The idea of climbing a hill, this idea is also added to the animation as it is. There are so many empty shots in the animation to fill the gap between the clip and the clip, thanks to the art department. When Takahashi wrote the script, he also thought of many ideas through the background of painting and the photos when collecting the wind. .
The original manga did not clearly draw the appearance of the women’s dormitory, and the animation added the setting of “renovation of the old house to dormitory” for the dormitory. The prototype of the dormitory is rooted in the old building that was built 150 years ago. However, in order to make the old house into a dormitory, the production team made many details of the building.
Although many changes were made to the prototype, a large bath setting was saved next to the kitchen window in the prototype building, and the shower was immediately visible from the kitchen opening window, which was also used as the first part of the flat. The joke is used. Deben supervision also sells the supplement of the Guanzi. In the 11th, there will be more secrets about the dormitory to the audience. Please look forward to it. .
Wings and Yu Ji, which support each other.
Speaking of the views of the four protagonists, Takahashi first evaluated the Kaoru, she thought that the personality of Kaoru is very powerful, and the problem is negative but not dark. Generally speaking, when you are negated by others, you will fall into self-loathing and apologize for getting forgiveness from the other party. You may also feel disgusted with each other. But Kaoru is not like this. She will not only consider the critics’ feelings, but also will not have a bit of hatred towards each other. Although Kaoru did not find her own differences, she is indeed a child who is stronger and gentler than anyone else. .
In the eyes of Ogura, Kaoru is not a stupid child. It is better to say that she is a gentle child who understands others. But because I want to try to surpass my own limits, I sometimes feel excited and make a “squeaky” voice. Deben’s focus is on the apology of Kaoru’s squat, and Deben believes that there should be no more animation characters than Kaoru. .
Speaking of another character’s little dream, Deben used innocent romance to summarize the little dream. Although the little dream learning is a little worse, the little dream is not a stupid child, but simply does not like to study. Regarding Xiaomeng, the original author described Xiaomeng as an ideal character with a lovely, honest, cheerful, upright and good figure. Therefore, when dealing with the lines of the small dreams in the original plot, Takahashi also pays extra attention to the original author’s ideas. .
As for Yu Ji, Takahashi evaluates that it is undoubtedly a beauty, and often takes care of others. Although it is a girl with no shortcomings, Yu Ji is the only one of the four who will retreat in the event of a crisis. In the fourth episode of the signing ceremony, if it is not the support of people around you, Yu Ji will retreat. Because Yu Ji has a fragile side, the existence of the wing is a must for Yu Ji. Deben also believes that the wing is the strong backing of Yu Ji, and has always supported Yu Ji in the back. If the wing is not around Yu Ji, Yu Ji may not be a cartoonist. .
The topic turned to the wing. Although the wing looks very cold, the expression is not written on the face, but it is unexpectedly affected by the surrounding things. Ogura thinks that this contrast of the wing is very cute. Like Yu Ji’s support wing, the wing can be a cartoonist and has a great connection with Yu Ji. This will be unveiled in the last few episodes. At that time, everyone should find more new ideas. .
Can see the changes in the personality of each character, the characters are not templated, but to understand the character’s personality through the specific behavior of the character, this is the interesting place of “CG” in Takahashi’s eyes, while Kokura I also think this is an interesting place for “CG”. .
At the end of the interview, Kokura invited the audience to witness the feelings of the last episodes of these cute characters that were erupted, and they will feel the unforgettable feelings. .
“CG” definitely has a variety of parts worthy of repeated viewing by the audience, so Takahashi expects that when the audience has the idea of “seeing the fourth episode because of wanting to cry today,” CG can make you Get your wish. .
In the end, Deben mentioned the beginning of OP, Xing Lan and Acacia, and the red leaves. Their flower language is, “Whenever you are with you”, “Joy, Heartbeat in the chest”, “Important Memories, this is also the three pillars that Deben believes constitute the most important animation. At the same time, the final words will also be linked with the OP. If you look at the final words and then read them again, there will be new discoveries. .
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Reference: “MAGAZINE” July 2018 issue